ALAM Chairman Jerry Yap said privatization of 26 government institutions won’t solve problems in health services.
House Bill 6069 or “An Act Creating National Government Hospital Corporations,” authored by Bacolod City Rep. Anthony Golez is pushing for the complete privatization of public hospitals in the country.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño yesterday(05/18/2012 )decried what he perceived as the railroading of House Bill 6069, which converts 26 public hospitals into government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs), warning it would most likely result in higher hospital fees and reduced services for poor patients.
“Essentially this bill aims to convert the 26 government-run hospitals into independent money-making corporations. It will justify more cuts in government subsidies and the reduction of services to indigent patients,” Casiño said.
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Ito ay tungkol sa pagsasapribado ng mga ospital at ipapasailalim sa gobyeno. Dahil dito ay magiging mataas ang bayarin ng bawat mamamayang mapupunta o mag papatingin sa ospital. Mababawasan na ang mga tulong pinansyal para sa mga mahihirap. Mas magiging mataas na din ang babayaran ng mga tao sa ospital na kanilang pinasukan. “Malayo sa katotohanang masasagot ng PhilHealth ang lahat ng gastusin ng mahihirap sa ospital dahil napakalaki ng utang nito sa iba’t ibang ospital,” Yap said. Ang mga bills na ito ay magiging parte ng government’s Public-Private Partnership scheme. May binitawang salita si Yap ukol dito “Mas magandang sundin ng gobyerno ang payo ni Confucius na ‘teach the man how to fish and he will live for the rest of his life’ kesa pagmukhaing pulubi at patay-gutom ang mga beneficiaries ng conditional cash,”.
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